Marangon et al.

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 2010, 7(Suppl 1):P3

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Effect of supplementation of branched chain

amino acids in muscle damage induced by
resistance training
Antonio Felipe Correa Marangon*, Vincius Vieira Lacerda, Ronald Lamas Corra
From International Society of Sports Nutrition: 7th Annual ISSN Conference and Expo
Clearwater Beach, FL, USA. 24-26 June 2010

Background 27% in water samples which were collected immediately

Analyze the effect of supplementation of branched-chain afterwards, and performed 30 minutes after exercise.
amino acid in muscle damage after resistence training
measured by serum creatinine. Conclusions
It may well be attributed to the BCAA the role of pro-
Methods viding energy to skeletal muscle or decreasing muscle
9 male individuals, aged between 20 and 35 years, catabolism in resistance exercise.
weight lifters for at least 1 year, with a minimum of 4
times weekly frequency without nutritional counseling
Published: 15 September 2010
by a dietician, without the use of dietary supplements,
medications or any condition diagnosed whatsoever.
They exercised in the barbell bench press, leg press 45
doi:10.1186/1550-2783-7-S1-P3
and Extension Ankle (donkey) exercises, in that order. It Cite this article as: Marangon et al.: Effect of supplementation of
was performed 3 sets of each exercise, with 2 minutes branched chain amino acids in muscle damage induced by resistance
between sets and 30 seconds between exercises, charged training. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 2010
7(Suppl 1):P3.
to 85% of 1 RM and 6 repetitions in each series. 30
minutes before the execution of the exercises, the parti-
cipants consumed 5g of ACR (2.5g of leucine, isoleucine
1.25g and 1.25g valine), or empty capsules (placebo).
Blood samples were taken 30 minutes before (C1),
immediately after (C2) and 30 minutes after training
(C3) with a punction of the median basilic vein.

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of ACR, values of serum creatinine were 0.2 C1 1.17, Thorough peer review
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